Fifteen people were reportedly killed in
Faskari and Sabuwa local government areas of Katsina State in a deadly
attack by bandits on communities in the two councils on Thursday night.
The bandits were said to have attacked
Unguwar Gizo, Maigora, Mai Ruwa and Sabon Layin Galadima in Faskari
Local Government Area as well as Machika town in Sabuwa local
government.
Eyewitnesses said the bandits stormed
the communities about midnight on Thursday and carried out the attacks
till early Friday morning.
It was learnt that people living in the communities attempted to repel the attacks leading to the fatalities.
Fifteen people were reportedly killed
while unspecified numbers of cattle were also said to have been rustled.
The spokesperson for the Katsina State police command, SP Gambo Isah,
however put the figures of those killed at 13.
He said, “They came to rustle animals and the villages confronted them.”
Saturday PUNCH reports that a joint security operation is ongoing in the state to curb banditry and kidnapping.
Meanwhile, the President, Major General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, met Governor Aminu Tambuwal of
Sokoto State over the insecurity in the state and the need for more
military presence in the north-western state.
The meeting, which was at the instance of the governor, was held behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking to State House correspondents
at the end of the meeting, Tambuwal said he visited the President to
update him on the security situation in Sokoto.
The governor stated that he also made a
request to the President for more military intervention to check the
activities of bandits in the state, adding that he had also solicited
logistics and support for the internally displaced persons in the state.
He said, “I requested to see the
President yesterday (Thursday) and he granted me audience today. I have
seen him, briefed him on the security situation in Sokoto State, in
particular. The security situation in Sokoto Eastern Senatorial
District, especially the Sabon Birni Local Government Area, is of very
special concern.
“Apart from the previous attacks through
banditry attacks only two days ago, we lost about 74 people in a very
heinous and dastardly act of aggression from the bandits.
“I have briefed Mr President on the
general situation and the support that we require. When I said ‘we,’ in
this case, I mean the security personnel that are there in Sokoto,
working day and night in synergy with one another to ensure that they
maintain peace and order in the state.”
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